Game



Nov. 2 1926.

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PATENT OFFICE..

HARRY KLITZNEB, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

GAME.

Application nica August v4, 192s. serial No. 127,029.

This invention relates to a game typifying the game of baseball and the object of the invention is to provide a plurality of members to be tossed against a board or the like rovided with means for retaining the members in different positions, each retained position being marked to represent a baseball play.

A further object of this invention is to provide a. board or base portion having the representation of a baseball diamond thereon with'a plurality of projections extending from the base portion onto which rings or hoops may be tossed and retained, each pro` jectlon being marked with a certain possible baseball lay.

A urt er object of the invention is to provide a game having desirable and undesirable baseball lays marked thereon, with members adapted to be tossed and retained in certain of the marked positions the more desirable or valuable plays being so arranged as to require more skill and be more difficult to obtain than the less desirable plays.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

'In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the board or base portion of a game having the representation of a baseball diamond thereon and provided with suitable projections or hooks distributed in different positions on the board.

Figure 2 is a fragmental sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmental sectional view on line 3--3 of Figure 1 illustrating certain of the hooks projectin beyond other hooks to form a trap to mae more difficult the en agement of the shorter hook marked to indicate a valuable play.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4--4 of Figure 1 similarly showing the relation of desirable and undesirable hooks for registering a play.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the hoop or ring to be tossed to be engaged by one of the hooks on the base portion.

Figure 6 is a plan view illustrating one of the units used for designating1 the position of a base runner in playing t e game.

It is found that the games typifying the national baseball game when so constructed as to require the element of skill by a player are very attractive to the trade, and in order to provide such a, game, I have represented on a board or base portion a baseball diamond and distributed over the board are hooks projecting therefrom which are adapted to retain a ring or hoop when tossed over a projection, each projection being marked with a certain baseball play and the game requiring a knowledge of baseball to operate the same; and the following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of the invention and showing one means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished With reference to the drawings, 10 designates a board or base portion on which there is represented a baseball diamond 11. Projecting from the board are a plurality of hooksi12 which are distributed in positions to which a pitched ball is liable to be hit bythe batter, each of the hooks being marked as at 13 with a certain baseball play, the plays being indicated in accordance with the probable outcome of a ball batted to the position of a hook.

The diierent hooks are selected by tossing a hoo or ring 14 from any given distance towar s the board to engage one of a pluralityof hooks on its surface, it bein desirable in the play of the game to toss t e rin to such positions as indicated by the hoo 15 .which are marked to advance base runner instead of engaging such hooks as 16 which are marked to represent a ily caught by the outfield and indicate that the batter is out.

-However, in order to make the game more dilicult the more desirable plays such Aas a home run illustrated at 17 are trapped or located in close proximity to hooks 18 which indicatesy an out thus requiring greater skill in securing the more desirable l plays.

Further the undesirable plays which trap or uard the desirable plays may have hooks suc as 19, illustrated in Figure 3, extending a greater distance from the board than the hook 15 whereby a eater length hook is more readil engagerby a tossed ring 14 than is the shorter length hook 14 indicatin the more valuable pla.

n playing the game, it 1s desirable to prorings being preferabl 12 or about the num-v ber of balls itche in an innin The knowledge o1c liaseball game is uti ized in that should the safe ihit hook 21 be engaged the base runner would be placed on iirst base. If then the sacrifice hit hook 22 should be engaged the unit representinv the runner on first base would be advanced to .second base and the batter would be out. Other plays would take place accordingly. Suitable rules for the game may be provided such, for instance that if a hoop should encircle two hooks, the hooks nearest home plate would be that the marking on which would indicate the play.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A baseball game comprising a base portion, a plurality of projections thereon,-an

insi ia for each projection designating a base all play, means for manually selecting by skill a projection to denote a certain play, said projections being of unequal length and so arranged that the shorter projection denotes the desirable plays are in proximity to the longer projection denoting the undesirable plays.

2. A baseball game comprising a base portion, a plurality of projections thereon, an lnsifvnia for each projection designating a base all play, means for manually selecting by skill a projection to denote a certain play, said projections being of unequal length from said base portion whereby to vary the facility of en agement with projections designating the iferent plays.

3. A baseball game comprising a base portion, a base ball diamond represented there on, a plurality of hooks extending from said base portion and marked to indicate different possible plays, ring members adapted to be tossed to be temporarily retained by said hooks to denote di'erent plays in the progress of the game, said hooks extending diiferent distances from said base to vary the chance of engagement with the same, and a set of units adapted to be located at different positions on the diamond to designate the advancement of a base runner.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HARRY KLITZNER. 

